In 2007, a small team of volunteers in the Foundation for Assisting Poor People of Lao PDR used a donated ambulance to create “Rescue Vientiane Capital” to provide first-aid service on the city’s roads, but only on weekends. In 2010, Sebastien Perret, a Frenchman living in Laos and a trained paramedic and firefighter, aghast at […]

Laos is slowly coming into its own after decades of war and political instability. New prosperity has fueled a tremendous increase in motorized vehicles resulting in a veritable anarchy of cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and tuktuks (motorized tricycles) in and around the capital city, Vientiane. Tragically, the road fatality rate in Laos is one of […]

“It’s not just about figures on a sheet of paper. Not about statistics. It’s way more than this. It’s about the way we do it. The way we care for the victims of the road. With love. Love and compassion, when our volunteers do their best to alleviate the suffering of victims and their families.”RelatedVientiane […]

When 2016 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee Vientiane Rescue started their grassroots rescue team in the dangerous streets of the capital city of Laos, chances of their success ranged from dismal to non-existent. But through their Greatness of Spirit and unwavering belief that “it is the right thing to do”, these ragtag volunteers prevailed.RelatedVientiane Rescue (Awardee) In […]